The baiMobile 3000MP Bluetooth Smart Card Reader has been approved by the Defense Information Systems Agency for use in the Defense Department and meets both the National Security Agency and DISA requirements for secure Bluetooth communications.Īfter the card reader pairs to an Android smart phone or tablet via Bluetooth, Citrix Receiver can communicate through the stack to pass the credentials to a Citrix XenDesktop or Citrix XenApp back-end framework and securely authenticate a user via his CAC credentials to a session running safely in the data center. It will enable Common Access Card and Personal Identity Verification holding users to access Citrix applications and virtual desktops via compatible Android devices. That should change now that Citrix has announced that Citrix Receiver supports the Biometric Associates baiMobile 3000MP Bluetooth Smart Card Reader and the baiMobile 301 USB Smart Card reader.
When GCN last year reviewed the Citrix Receiver software, we found it had good security for in-transit data, but did nothing for securing the endpoint - the mobile device being used by the mobile employee. Many federal agencies have taken steps to begin implementing mobile work environments, though security remains a concern.
